Liliya Zalevskaya was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. As a young teenager, her family immigrated to America, as the Soviet Union fell apart. This continues inform her interest in how social structures are perceived versus how they are experienced by the individuals living within them. Russia’s current unjustified war against Ukraine is what Liliya’s current series of collages stem from. Using traditional Ukrainian embroidery patterns silkscreened on watercolor monotypes and collaged with other hand printed elements. The collages contemplate death, destruction, and human connection.